In which we continue to post interesting or amusing - or neither - tweets

"That's no balloon.... it's a space station!" pic.twitter.com/71AIghjgvs

— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) February 4, 2023

 

First they came for the guy who sold me the $450 hiking boots, and I said nothing. Then they came for the lady who pitched the $1,000 incline sleeping bag and I still said nothing...

In a petty move by local management we're locked out for the day. The main office says we can come back tomorrow, but enjoy this video of the type of attitude we have to put up with every day from local management ... pic.twitter.com/mlUoz2Ims2

— REI Union Cleveland (@reiunioncle) February 3, 2023

 

Here's the apparent moment of impact pic.twitter.com/JnXIoY6M4c

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 4, 2023

 

His septum must be made of adamantium. pic.twitter.com/tR4Wr6qiJs

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 4, 2023

 

When Brandon follows up a monster jobs report by shooting a Chinese balloon out of the sky. pic.twitter.com/s7B0Gp2t9Y

— Scott Charles (@TheScottCharles) February 4, 2023

 

1622033806055309312 is not a valid tweet id

 

someone should tell you, and apparently your family won’t. you sound like absolute crazy people.

— world famous art thief (@CalmSporting) February 4, 2023

Straightforward from here:

1) Several GOP House members stroke out over the balloon.

2) Democrats win the special elections to replace them.

3) Democratic House majority!

It's foolproof.

— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) February 4, 2023

 

this is nonsense, the balloon clearly contains thousands of Chinese paratroopers ready to descend and seize our precious arable land https://t.co/FEass1apbW

— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) February 4, 2023

 

These people are insane. https://t.co/h9JkmzELHJ

— Panda Bernstein (@J4Years) February 4, 2023

 

Nice Hollywood special effects there

 

I get it -- it's politics. But I really wish someone would just take Comer in the cloak room and choke him out. What a fvcking moron.

And while I'm at it -- I hope the Dems decide to really follow through with their master plan to rig all the voting booths so when someone pulls the level for a "R" they are immediately infected with Ebola.

 

Even Don Jr. is shocked…

#sundaythoughts pic.twitter.com/tkYoUSSlo6

— Evelyn Pérez-Verdía (@EvelynPR) February 5, 2023

 

Oh he’s so close. https://t.co/Kiv3iRsd5c

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 5, 2023

 

Our what? American’s what?

 

It seems to me The Simpsons approach would have been much simpler than the expensive balloon if China had wanted to infect us with a virus:

 

How the world has changed over the last century.

A compilation of some of our greatest accomplishments as a species.

Credit: @toddrjones https://t.co/GXK3RFFDNY pic.twitter.com/HOBaXbWe7X

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) February 4, 2023

 

George understood the 'Merican psyche as well as anyone

He just summed up Fox News

— clevareno (@Clevareno) February 5, 2023

 

First stop, grassy knoll.

— Andrew Hammond (@ahammALDC) February 5, 2023

Dude, you are definitely skirting that line between “delightfully quirky” and Charlie on It’s Always Sunny

 

I don’t claim to be anti-war; never did. There are rabid dogs out there, and we need Atticus Finch’s to shoot them.
I do, however, object to the senseless shooting of healthy dogs.
Ukraine is a rabid dog.
Russia is Atticus Finch.
Thus ends my lesson. pic.twitter.com/C5KT17a4Eg

— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) February 4, 2023

 

Deeply wrong on a specific level and typical of the “it’s always the Democrats fault” mentality https://t.co/wJfnJyGUMP

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 5, 2023

 

Wow. The US military just confirmed in an official statement that there were at least THREE Chinese spy balloons that flew over the US when Trump was president. Trump kept it a secret and did not shoot them down.

The Republican narrative just imploded. https://t.co/omCLkiTZ4Q pic.twitter.com/F9j4AMvrpL

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) February 5, 2023

 

Trump had a Chinese bank account while President. Save your bullshit over a balloon.

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) February 5, 2023